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ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE THE ENDOWED IN MEMORY OF HARRY AND SHIRLEY NACHMAN Vol. 72 No. 2 January-February 2015 l Tevet-Adar 5775 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Mornings: WELCOMING Sundays . 8:30 a.m. THE PIED PIPER Monday – Friday . 7:30 a.m. OF TZEDAKAH Shabbat . 9:00 a.m. Evenings Monday - Friday DANNY through February 13 . 5:00 p.m. beginning February 15 . 6:00 p.m. SIEGEL Saturdays (Minchah-Maariv) JANUARY 16 & 17 January 3 . 5:00 p.m. DANNY SIEGEL is one of the world’s greatest experts on microphilanthropy. January 10 & 17 . 5:15 p.m. For more than 30 years he has lectured in hundreds of communities on the January 24 & 31 . 5:30 p.m. topic of personalized Tzedakah and Tikkun Olam (Fixing the World). February 7 & 14 . 5:45 p.m. Danny is a charismatic, well-known author, lecturer and poet. He says February 21 . 6:00 p.m. t h a t he is the author of 29 and 1/2 books on such topics as mitzvah heroes February 28 . 6:15 p.m. and practical and personalized Tzedakah, and has produced Where Heaven and Earth Touch , an anthology of 500 selections of Talmudic quotes about liv - MINYAN TIME CHANGE ing the Jewish life well. His return visit to Adat Shalom promises to be inform - ative, entertaining and inspiring. Please note that weekday evening Please turn to page 4 for a complete January SYNergy Shabbat rundown. services will move to 6 p.m. All members have been mailed invitations. SYNergy invitations can also be on Sunday, February 15. downloaded at the bottom of the home page at www.adatshalom.org. Shabbat Minchah/Maariv times vary. Please refer to the Adat Shalom monthly calendars t in the Voice and online. MISSEBABA SHABBAT TORAH PORTIONS THE COOLEST PURIM PARTY EVER JANUARY 3 FEBRUARY 7 Vayechi FEATURING Yitro JANUARY 10 Shemot ISRAEL’S KING FEBRUARY 14 JANUARY 17 Mishpatim OF THE BLUES Vaera SHABBAT SHEKALIM GREAT MUSIC JANUARY 24 Saturday, Bo FEBRUARY 21 GREAT FOOD Terumah March 7, 2015 JANUARY 31 GREAT COMPANY Beshalach 7:30 pm SHABBAT SHIRAH FEBRUARY 28 with the Tetzaveh Adat Shalom Choir SHABBAT ZACHOR GREAT MUSIC GREA$T1 5F0/OpeOrsDon $300/couple $75/young adult (21-35) $1000 Purim Preview Patron Contribution - Table of 10 See Back Page Listen to Lazer Lloyd at www.lazerlloyd.com WATCH FOR YOUR INVITATION! Soulful Yoga Mazal Tov to our with Rabbi Shere and skilled yoga February Bar Mitzvah instructor Mindy Eisenberg February 21 January 10 & 17, February 14 Ethan Mostyn is the son of Lezlie & Robert 10 - 11:15 a.m. Mostyn and the grandson of Shirley & Joel Connect body and soul as we apply the wisdom Silber and Diane Mostyn. of Torah to the gentle practice of yoga. Please join us in the Youth Lounge. No yoga experience necessary. Dress comfortably. Ethan Garrett Mostyn ADAT SHALOM IS PLEASED TO HOST Finding a Spiritual Place for Yourself THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL Join Rabbi Bergman 9:30 a.m. on Sundays, January 4 & 18 WORLD SABBATH and February 1 & 15 n Find your internal spirituality and realize that OF RELIGIOUS CONCILIATION Judaism can make you happier. n A refreshing hour for individuals of all ages An Interfaith Experience of Music, Dance and Prayer: n Sessions continue throughout the year. There Seeking to build a world of tolerance, justice and peace is no charge. n Attend any one or all – each session is an indi - vidual experience. SUNDAY, JANUARY 25 4-5:30 PM AFTERGLOW TO FOLLOW Join Hazzan Gross and our Adat Shalom “Children of Peace” to celebrate the religious diversity Shabbat-Appella of Metro Detroit FRIDAY , J ANUARY 16 5 PM Read more in Hazzan Gross’ column on page 3. If you’re looking for a new and fresh syna - gogue service experience, then look no further! Shabbat-Appella is unique to Adat Shalom. The wondrous melodies of Kabbalat Shabbat are pre - sented in intricate harmony, allowing you to par - SCOUTS TO BE HONORED FEBRUARY 6 ticipate and be moved by the beautiful words of this service that welcomes Shabbat. his coming February is the annual recognition of Joining Hazzan Gross on the bimah the Scout Law that a Scout should be Reverent. will be Jason Biederman, Lauren Gross, The Girl Scout Promise, Cub Scout Promise, Boy Marty Liebman and Jeffrey Maisels. Scout Promise and Venturing Oath all refer to a Please come and join us! Scout’s Duty to God. Scout Shabbat is our communi - & ty’s opportunity for scouts to participate in a tradi - tional Jewish religious service. Adat Shalom’s Boy Scout Troop 364 has met on Sundays at Adat Shalom since November, 2003. The boys have taken part in scout meetings, community mitzvahs, weekend T H E V O I C E campouts, summer adventures, and more. In recent years we have paid ( U S P S 6 2 2 - 4 6 0 ) published monthly except February and July by special tribute to our scouts at a Friday evening service. The troop will dis - ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE tribute commemorative patches and colorful programs and will provide a 29901 Middlebelt Road light Kiddush. Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 Phone: 248-851-5100 l Fax: 248-851-3190 The recognition will take place this year at our 5 p.m. Minchah-Maariv Periodicals Postage entered at the Farmington, Michigan Post Office Postmaster: Send address changes to: service on February 6. Rabbi Shere and Hazzan Gross will be leading the The VOICE, 29901 Middlebelt service that evening. 2 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2319 Messages FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM RABBI BERGMAN ACCORDING TO WOODY ALLEN… A LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS ...“80% OF SUCCESS IS JUST SHOWING UP.” AFTER THE HOLOCAUST, the world in general From what I have observed during developed a sense of empathy for the Jews who the past six months as President, our were killed, the communities that were destroyed members can be counted on to partici - and the plight of the survivors. The Jew as victim pate in programs and rituals affiliated was compelling and worthy of compassion. with our shul. By “just showing up,” we After the establishment of the State of Israel, the world initially embraced the idea of Jews hav - RABBI continue to build community and com - BERGMAN radery at Adat Shalom. I have spoken ing power and independence. This support is wan - with members who are passionate ing. The concept of a Jewish state is a threat to those groups who about our Synagogue and the connec - LORI believe that they are either theologically or politically superior to tions they make on a regular basis with ISSNER everyone, not just to the Jewish community. How can one have the other Adat Shalom members. It is these connections that truth of salvation when a group that did not embrace that truth is make our community strong. now back nearly from the dead and flourishing in its own land? After a brainstorming session by our Executive That is why I believe that the protests that challenge Israel’s right to exist are nothing but anti-Semitism. Anti-Zionism and anti- CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Semitism are one and the same. There is nothing wrong with object - ing to specific policies of a nation. That is part of the democratic FROM RABBI YOSKOWITZ process. When these protests are about the very existence of a nation, N THE PIRIT OF ETHRO I S J and that the only nation constantly accused of being the sole cause N SHABBAT FEBRUARY 7, we will of the world's problems, even by the grossest of human rights viola - Ochant the Torah portion of Jethro. tors themselves, is the one Jewish state in the world, then the only Many of us are acquainted with the conclusion one can draw is that the goal of these protests is to name Jethro as being associated with destroy Israel, not because of what it does, but what it is. the character Jethro Gibbs in the long- There are a number of members of the Jewish community who running popular television show are uncomfortable with the very idea of Israel as an independent “NCIS.” political entity. Power brings moral ambiguity and challenges of lead - That of course is not the Jethro CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 m e n tioned in the Book of Exodus. But RABBI there are similarities between the two YOSKOWITZ Jethros. Both have good relationships with Jews: the FROM RABBI SHERE non-Jewish Jethro in the Bible with his son-in-law, Moses; Jethro of NCIS with the television character Ziva, THE GIFTS THAT COME WITH WISDOM who is a native of Israel. ne of the most rewarding parts of being a rabbi Both Jethros show themselves to be repositories of Oat Adat Shalom is the time I am fortunate to great wisdom and do their jobs well. spend with the children in the Adat Shalom–Beth The Jethro of the Bible, according to the Biblical Achim Learning Community. This past month I had commentator Ibn Ezra, was the first to praise God for the opportunity to help the fifth graders partner with the Jewish Family Service Adopt a Family pro - CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 gram for the upcoming holidays. Lindsay Leder, who runs the program, was able FROM HAZZAN GROSS to match our fifth graders with a local Jewish family RABBI SHERE with four children. We were given a wish list of what SHALOM, SALAAM, SHANTI, PEACE the family requested for Chanukah and we went shopping together as a class. Initially, when the fifth graders looked AM VERY PROUD that Adat Shalom will soon be host to the Sixteenth over the family’s list, they were a bit surprised.